Where does “mëmësi” come from?

mëmësi (Albanian) comes from Albanian si, from Proto-Albanian tšei, from Proto-Albanian čī.

mëmësi (Albanian): maternity; maternity rights

Definitions

  1. maternity; maternity rights

Ancestry of “mëmësi”, step by step

mëmësi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Albanian si

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albaniansihow; in what way; in what state; like, as
2Proto-Albaniantšei—
3Proto-Albaniančī—

via Albanian mëmë

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianmëmëmother
2Proto-Albanianma(m)mā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmā̆(m)mā—
Every word from Proto-Albanian čī →Every word from Proto-Albanian tšei →Every word from Albanian si →